Now that I’ve managed to break away from the Internet for long stretches of time, I have been sewing up some neat items!   

First up is a lovely tea cozy.  I made a similar one for my teapot and it is wonderful!  Since I can’t gulp down tea like a Slurpee in the summer, it’s essential that my tea stay warm for a long period of time.  This cozy does the trick and is now for sale in my Etsy shop!  Let me add that I LOVE making my own bias tape. 

Recently, I found great instructions for making a small card wallet.  I love love love this Grab it and Go wallet pattern!  After a two hour sewing session, I ended up with ten of these wallets.  Currently I’m interchaging two of these wallets and they hold up so well.  I was really getting sick of my clunker of a wallet that I’ve had for seven years now.  I will never go back to using one of those standard store-bought wallets.  Be sure to check out handmade kate’s blog.  She created this wonderful pattern and you’ll find tons of sewing inspiration at her website!

My machine balked a bit as I did the topstitching for this wallet. The stitching is a little off, but the wallet functions just fine! In fact, this is my new favorite accessory and I use it nearly everyday.